Shutter bower and fastener



(Noi'ModeLy w. P. MARSHALL. SHUTTER BOW'ER AND PASTB NER. V No'.Z'94,894 Patented Mam-Q 11, 1884.

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I \VILLIAM P. MARSHALL,- OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHUTTER BOW-ER AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,894, dated MarchI1, 1884.

Application filed December 5, 1862.

of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

The object of this invention is to produce a shutter bower or fastenerwhereby the shutters, when open, can be held at any desired angle, andwhen shut be firmly secured together; and to this end the inventionconsists in a pair of plates, in combination withaconnecting-bar, eachof said plates consisting of a fiat body, with a series of sockets orholes therein, and a vertical rim extending from end to end thereof, andperforated to receive nails or screws, whereby the plate may be fastenedtothe shutter, the said connectingbar having its ends bent at rightangles to its body, to form downwardly-depending hooks adapted to enterthe sockets or holes in the plates.

The invention also consists in providing each plate with one or morelips extending upwardly from the body of the plate, whereby when theshutters are closed lateral displace ment of the bar is prevented.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved shutter bower orfastener, showing its application to a pair of shutters when theshutters are closed; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing theshutters at an angle or partly open.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

A A designate shutters, to which are fastened the plates B B by nails orscrews driven through the vertical rims G C.

D designates the connecting-bar, havingits ends bent at right angles toits body, to form downwardly-depending hooks dd, adapted to entersockets or holes I), bf, b and b in the plates BB.

E E designate lips extending upwardly from the body of each plate B. I

\Vhen the shutters are closed, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, thebar D rests on the (No model.)

plates 13 13, between the rims C G and lips E E, the hooks d d enteringthe sockets or holes I) b, and thus the shutters are firmly locked inplace, the lips E E preventing any lateral displacement of the bar D.\Vhen it is desired to open the shutters, the bar D must be lifted upuntil the hooks d d are out of the sockets or holes I) b. The shutterscan then be bowed out to any desired position, and firmly held in suchposition by inserting the hooks (Z (Z in the sockets or holes I) Z), forinstance, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, or in the sockets or holesb b and Z) Z)", as may be desired.

As shown, the vertical rim 0 of each plate extends from end to end ofthe plate; but it is obvious that this rim may be dispensed with, andlips like the lips E E, for instance, substituted in its place.

The plates B, rims O, and lips E may be made of any suitable metalformed in one piece by stamping or casting, and the bar D can be wroughtor cast, as may be desired.

By this invention I produce a shutter bower or fastener whereby theshutters can be securely'locked when closed, and firmly held at anydesired angle when open, which is simple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, and can be easily applied and used by any one.

I am aware that it is old to make a shutterfast-ening consisting of ahooked bar or bolt having a swiveled joint and a catch to receive saidbar when not in use, in combination with a flanged plate having openingsor sockets therein to receive the hook of the bolt, upright flanges, andintervening spaces to hold the bar in position to secure the shuttersopen or closed; and I do not claim such construc tion, my inventioncomprising a socket-plate for each of the shutters identical inconstruction, and a loose bar hooked at both ends to engage suchsocket-plates, thus dispensing with swivel-joints and specialconstructions of prominent dissimilarity for each shutter; hence What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to seizure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described shutter -bower, con

sisting of the similar plates B B, for att-ach- In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set ment to the shutters, each having the vertimy handthis 27th day of November, A. D. cal attaching-rim G, the sockets orholes I) I) 1882.

b If and lips E E, and the loose or remov- \VILLIAM 1. MARSHALL. 5 ablebar D, having hooked ends (1 d, to engage \Vitnesses:

the said sockets or holes to hold the shutters JAMES B. F. Tnonms,

open or closed, as set forth. .CALYIX 1. SAMPSON.

